exaggeration
[ ig-zaj-uh-rey-shuh n ]
/ ɪgˌzædʒ əˈreɪ ʃən /
noun
the act of exaggerating or overstating.
an instance of exaggerating; an overstatement: His statement concerning the size of his income is a gross exaggeration.
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RELATED WORDS
falsehood, excess, fantasy, untruth, baloney, misjudgment, misrepresentation, fabrication, hyperbole, caricature, fancy, pretension, aggrandizement, coloring, boasting, stretch, magnification, romance, emphasis, embroidery
Nearby words
- exactly,
- exactness,
- exacum,
- exaggerate,
- exaggerated,
- exaggerative,
- exahertz,
- exalt,
- exaltation,
- exalted
Origin of exaggeration
1555–65; < Latin exaggerātiōn- (stem of exaggerātiō), equivalent to exaggerāt(us) (see exaggerate) + -iōn- -ion
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Examples from the Web for exaggeration
exaggeration
1560s, from Latin exaggerationem (nominative exaggeratio), noun of action from past participle stem of exaggerare (see exaggerate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper